A quote from Homer Simpson has always stuck in my head

“…every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain..”

Neuroscientists would probably have something to say about the scientific validity of that statement in terms of learning and memory but in the short term, when we think about mental capacity and attention, I think there is something important in there.

I’ll cut to the chase, I recently deleted Facebook from my phone and it has improved my life. Continue reading →